Letter : Paris, [France], to Louis Gandoix, Jr., 1842, Apr. 15.

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Letter : Paris, [France], to Louis Gandoix, Jr., 1842, Apr. 15.

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Response to a letter of inquiry about engaging Vidocq to recover a debt; Vidocq outlines his terms and the information he will require in order to take on the case.

1 item (3 pages) ; 27.3 cm.

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Gandoix, Louis.

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Vidocq, Eugène François, 1775-1857.

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Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857) was a French police officer who founded the first private detective agency in 1832 in Paris. From the guide to the Vidocq mss., 1833-1847, (Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)) Famous French detective who served as the head of the Sûretéte-Nationale from ca. 1807-1827. He later founded a private detective agency, the first of its kind, and established measures to protect tradesmen and merchants from swindlers. From...